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January 2012 Short Reviews

Akhet

Akhet – Akhet [discogs]

There are rare impromptu recording sessions where everything just comes together. Akhet is a result of one of those, an incedental collaboration by Paul van den Berg, Marc Verhaeghen, and Dirk Serries. The four long tracks on this LP released by Tonefloat clock to almost an hour, filled with quirky [...]

October 2011 Short Reviews

Substantia Innominata

Alasdair Roberts & Friends – Joy to the Person of My Love [discogs]

Joy to the Person of My Love

This Rif Mountain 7″ contains a duo of interpretations of 17th century songs. Scottish songster Roberts has made settings of these tunes for voice, acoustic guitar, flute, and whistle, which form a nice bridge [...]

August 2011 Short Reviews

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Café de l’Enfer – Marchant à quatre pattes au-devant de la rédemption [discogs]

Marchant à quatre pattes au-devant de la rédemption

This debut full-length by Café de l’Enfer on Steinklang is a typical piece of martial/neoclassical as we’ve come to know it for over a decade. The album seeks to confront the listener with [...]

May 2011 Short Reviews

The Whispering Woods

Aderlating – Spear of Gold and Seraphim Bone Part One [discogs]

Spear of Gold and Seraphim Bone Part One

Delectable darkness comes from Aderlating recently, a project by Mories of Gnaw Their Tongues and Eric of Mowlawner. Not surprisingly, the album mixes dark ambient and drones with obscure black metal outbursts to create [...]

March 2011 Short Reviews

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Kentin Jivek – Ode to Marmæle [MySpace]

Ode to Marmæle

Kentin Jivek is an upcoming French neofolk artist who has several online releases to his name. Ode to Marmæle is the most recent example, and a fine selection of fourteen tracks. Immediately striking about the album as a whole is the fine production, the [...]